Benin

UX Design

UI/ Visual Design

Product Design

Front-end

Interaction Design

Bachelor's degree

BTEC Higher National Diploma

✊🏿🏳️‍🌈 Diversity & Inclusion

Steven Houessou-adin

Product Designer

Usability Testing

Prototyping

Collaboration

Problem-solving

Critical-thinking

Empathy

Accessibility

AI/ML

Design systems

Typeform

Zeplin

Affinity

Airtable

Asana

Figma

Framer

GitHub

Maze

Notion

Adobe Creative Suite

Linear

Node.js

Understanding factors that lead to a motivated team - recognition, communication and more.

Keeping team members motivated

How to create a positive workplace culture that drives collaboration and productivity?

Fostering a good team culture

Making remote and globally distributed teams work for you and your needs.

Working remotely

Learn essential burnout prevention techniques and replenish physical and emotional energy.

Managing burnout

Talk to people who have learned to manage their imposter syndrome.

Dealing with imposter syndrome

Strategies for maximizing your design internship or co-op program.

Getting the most out of my internship

Tips for transitioning into a new role or company.

Changing roles

How to think about design career paths and what progression looks like for designers?

Design career path

Get actionable feedback on your resume or portfolio.

Resume and portfolio review

Best practices for running productive design critiques.

Running effective design critiques

Methods of prototyping and solution validation. When to use which kind of prototype (eg. Webflow, Notion, etc)

Prototyping methods and tips

Identify and define potential product problems and generating possible solutions.

Identifying problems vs solutions

Tips on how to work and collaborate with designers.

Working with designers

Methods and models of exploring, deciding and delivering design.

Building a design process

Managing being the only designer at your company and working with non-designers.

Being the only designer

Explore different generative and evaluative research techniques. User research synthesis and presentation.

Conducting good user research

Ways and resources to improve your design skills.

Improving design skills

Navigating the working relationship with PM's and engineers as a designer.

Working with product and engineering

How to create personas, and leverage them in design.

Creating and leveraging user personas

Ways to provide constructive feedback to team members.

Giving effective feedback

Tips on how to work and collaborate with engineers and developers.

Working with engineers

How to conduct interviews, what to ask, and how to analyze your results? (eg. user interview)

Conducting effective customer interviews

My role is to familiarize the students with the use of Figma, to teach them good practices, and to provide them with the necessary support to master the tool.

Skills: Critical Thinking · Usability · User Interface Design · User Experience Design (UED) · Web Design

Studying Business Information Technology with a strong love for frontend development, and passionate about everything that is graphic and illustration, I started as a freelance designer on Dribbble and Upwork where I had to work mainly on logo design projects, website redesign and 2D animation.

Steven Houessou-adin🇧🇯